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+title: Version 1.7
+author: matthew
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+<div class="r" align="right">
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+
+We’ve released **version 1.7** of FixMyStreet.
+
+This version adds some new features. First off is that the FixMyStreet design
+is now *bi-directional*, providing an easy switch to flip the design to either
+left-to-right or right-to-left. This was done with the kind support of the
+National Democratic Institute.
+
+We have added *state and category filters* to the list pages, letting users
+view only e.g. open reports in the potholes category, or all reports in the
+graffiti category. Various design improvements have been made, including the
+showing of the report on a questionnaire page and the email confirmation pages,
+and we've added a nicer default OpenGraph image.
+
+Database *performance* has been improved in a number of areas, and the
+accessibility of the map pages has been improved.
+
+This release also fixes a number of small *bugs*, including translating report
+states in the admin index, dealing with DMARC email issues, and fixes for
+Google Maps API users.
+
+For *developers*, we've made it easier to run gettext-extract if you're
+performing your own translations, removed some confusing warnings, finally
+removed the final few hardcoded "FixMyStreet" strings so it's easy to rename
+your site, streamlined the navigation menu and list item CSS using a BEM style
+naming scheme so it is easy to change and override, and lastly fixed a long
+standing issue where errors were not always logged correctly.
+
+Plus quite a few other things; as always, see the full list of changes
+[over on GitHub](https://github.com/mysociety/fixmystreet/releases).